Early years and training He became an
amateur wrestler when he was 18 and shortly won the
City of Sydney,
New South Wales State and Australian Championships and competed in Olympic game trials then gained his initial
professional wrestling training at the Malenko's Wrestling School in Florida in 1992.
International exploits World Championship Wrestling In 1993 he worked on
WCW Saturday Night and
WCW WorldWide and wrestled
Rick Rude on WCW Television Programs he also performed on
WCW Monday Nitro and wrestled
Rick Martel in front of 30,000 fans at the
Georgia Dome in
Atlanta.
New Zealand and World Wrestling All-Stars In 1993 Mercedes was on the New Zealand Grand Prix National Wrestling Tour and he appeared on a worldwide pay-per-view event
WWA: The Reckoning and lost to
Rick Steiner.
Japan He went on tour with
Muga World Pro Wrestling now known as
Dradition Pro-Wrestling in 2006 and 2007 ==Championships and accomplishments==